Stillman tennis sweeps SIAC awards

Staff report

Published: Friday, April 12, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Friday, April 12, 2013 at 12:05 a.m.

ATLANTA | Stillman College swept the major Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tennis awards, as voted by league coaches, landing the men’s and women’s players of the year, men’s freshman of year and coach of the year, among other honors.

Junior Janguen Lee was voted SIAC Men’s Player of the Year. A native of Seoul, South Korea, Lee finished with a conference-best 14-1 record overall and a perfect 6-0 mark in SIAC matches in the No. 1 singles spot for the Tigers. Lee also went perfect in the conference with his teammate David Torres in doubles at 12-0 (6-0 in league action) during the regular season. The tandem were named to the All-SIAC first-team in doubles team.

Litia Godinet, a native of American Samoa, was named SIAC Women’s Player of the Year. She finished the season 28-1 overall and 12-0 in the conference as the cornerstone of Stillman’s 23-1 team record this season. She also was named to the All-SIAC first team in doubles with teammate Veronika Kalugina. Kalugina and Godinet finished with an 23-1 record and a perfect 10-0 in SIAC matches.

Luis Mendoza was named to the first team in men’s singles with a 9-1 record in singles play (5-0 in conference) as the team’s No. 2 singles player.

Vladyslav Zhyrov, who went 11-3 overall and 5-0 in SIAC matches in his first season as the team’s No. 3 singles player, was named the league’s Men’s Freshman of the Year.

Coach William Riley was honored as SIAC Men’s Coach of the Year after leading Stillman to a 19-2 overall record and 12-0 record in the conference.

Also selected to the women’s All-SIAC first team was Nair Tolomeo, a freshman who compiled a 23-5 overall mark and a 10-1 record in league play. Named to the second team was Angela Corredor, who finished with a 19-1 overall mark while going 8-0 in SIAC matches. Together, Tolomeo and Corredor tallied a 20-5 record as a doubles team.

Stillman was also named the men’s tennis SIAC Academic Team Champion, with four of the top six spots in the conference, all majoring in business: senior Felipe Farias with a 4.0 grade-point average, sophomore Santiago Robles with a 3.93 GPA, senior Alexsander Zobec with a 3.9 GPA and junior Jelffrey Farias with a 3.85 GPA.

<p>ATLANTA | Stillman College swept the major Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tennis awards, as voted by league coaches, landing the men's and women's players of the year, men's freshman of year and coach of the year, among other honors.</p><p>Junior Janguen Lee was voted SIAC Men's Player of the Year. A native of Seoul, South Korea, Lee finished with a conference-best 14-1 record overall and a perfect 6-0 mark in SIAC matches in the No. 1 singles spot for the Tigers. Lee also went perfect in the conference with his teammate David Torres in doubles at 12-0 (6-0 in league action) during the regular season. The tandem were named to the All-SIAC first-team in doubles team.</p><p>Litia Godinet, a native of American Samoa, was named SIAC Women's Player of the Year. She finished the season 28-1 overall and 12-0 in the conference as the cornerstone of Stillman's 23-1 team record this season. She also was named to the All-SIAC first team in doubles with teammate Veronika Kalugina. Kalugina and Godinet finished with an 23-1 record and a perfect 10-0 in SIAC matches.</p><p>Luis Mendoza was named to the first team in men's singles with a 9-1 record in singles play (5-0 in conference) as the team's No. 2 singles player.</p><p>Vladyslav Zhyrov, who went 11-3 overall and 5-0 in SIAC matches in his first season as the team's No. 3 singles player, was named the league's Men's Freshman of the Year.</p><p>Coach William Riley was honored as SIAC Men's Coach of the Year after leading Stillman to a 19-2 overall record and 12-0 record in the conference.</p><p>Also selected to the women's All-SIAC first team was Nair Tolomeo, a freshman who compiled a 23-5 overall mark and a 10-1 record in league play. Named to the second team was Angela Corredor, who finished with a 19-1 overall mark while going 8-0 in SIAC matches. Together, Tolomeo and Corredor tallied a 20-5 record as a doubles team.</p><p>Stillman was also named the men's tennis SIAC Academic Team Champion, with four of the top six spots in the conference, all majoring in business: senior Felipe Farias with a 4.0 grade-point average, sophomore Santiago Robles with a 3.93 GPA, senior Alexsander Zobec with a 3.9 GPA and junior Jelffrey Farias with a 3.85 GPA.</p>